Blu-ray Review: Hair (Olive Signature Edition)
Based on the ground-breaking 1968 Broadway musical of the same name, Hair was long considered unfilmable. Under the guidance of noted director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus) Hair made it to the big screen in 1979. An attempt to recapture the flower children, anti- peace movements, and rebellious youth of the […]
Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director’s Cut (Blu-ray)
Director Sergio Leone, best known for spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars, turned down the chance to direct The Godfather to work on his own mobster epic, Once Upon a Time in America. Ultimately, it took ten years and six script writers from Italy and the […]
DVD Review: Everwood – The Complete Fourth Season
For those not familiar with the series, Everwood tells the story of widower Dr Andy Brown (Treat Williams), who leaves his successful job as a top Manhattan neurosurgeon to live in the small Colorado town of Everwood with his moody 15-year-old son Ephram (Gregory Brown) and 9-year-old daughter Delia (Vivien Cardone) in search of a […]
Blu-ray Review: Hair
Based on the ground-breaking 1968 Broadway musical of the same name, Hair was long considered unfilmable. Under the guidance of noted director Milos Foreman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus) Hair made it to the big screen in 1979. An attempt to recapture the flower children, anti- peace movements, and rebellious youth of the […]
Blu-ray Review: 127 Hours
20th Century Fox | 2010 | 94 mins. | R Filmmaker Danny Boyle is known for taking chances. While some have worked and others haven’t, he always brings something interesting to the table. He followed up 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire—winner of eight Academy Awards in 2009 including Best Director and Best Picture—with 2010’s 127 Hours, perhaps […]
DVD Review: Everwood – The Complete Third Season
Warner Bros. | 2004-05 | 951 Mins. | Not Rated Finally arriving on DVD after what seems like an eternity since its 2006 cancellation—an unfortunate victim of the WB/UPN merger into what is now the CW—season three of Everwood plays out like a snapshot of another time and place. Built around the practice of renowned […]
DVD Review: Everwood – The Complete Second Season
Warner Bros. | 2003 | 969 mins. | Not Rated Everwood is one of those better-than-average family dramas that got lost in the television shuffle. Though the series ran for four seasons on the WB, the show didn’t return when The WB and UPN merged to form The CW Television Network back in September of […]